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Missouri enters the Union as a slave state and Maine enters as a free state keeping representation even. The 36-30 line is created to decide if slavery will be allowed for the rest of the Louisiana Territory. This is a temporary solution to rising sectionalism.

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Proposed by Henry Clay, California entered as a free state, other territories would be governed by popular sovereignty (vote), Congress passes a stronger Fugitive Slave Act and the slave trade is banned in Washington D.C. Daniel Webster gives a three hour long speech in support of it.

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Bill presented by Stephen Douglas that creates the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. States that they would use popular sovereignty (voting) to decide the issue of slavery. It completely ignored the Missouri Compromise (36-30 line).

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Proslavery and antislavery activists go to Kansas to influence the vote and a violent confrontation ensues.

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Supreme Court decision that stated that slaves are property protected under the 5th Amendment. The verdict caused an uproar in the North, as now slavery could expand into free states.

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Extreme abolitionist, John Brown, leads a raid on a federal arsenal to capture weapons and encourage a slave revolt. The raid fails and Brown is hanged for treason.

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Abraham Lincoln wins the presidential election as the Republican candidate vowing to stop the spread of slavery.

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Within three months of Lincoln's election, seven states secede from the Union over states' rights and form the Confederate States of America. Jefferson Davis is named President of the Confederacy.

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Confederate troops fire on Union troops at Fort Sumter. The Confederate victory causes four more states to secede.

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A Confederate victory causes Union forces to retreat in the first major battle of the Civil War.

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The single deadliest day of fighting ensues at the Battle of Antietam. Roughly 23,000 men die in the Union victory.

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President Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in rebelling states. The war is now being fought to end slavery instead of just reconciliation between the North and South.

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In the deadliest battle of the Civil War, the Union defeats the Confederates at Gettysburg. This marks the last time Lee attempts to invade the North making it the turning point of the war. The Union is now in the lead.

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"Four score and seven years ago..." President Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address, encouraging the nation to come together and continue the fight for liberty and democracy.

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Residents of Vicksburg, Mississippi are forced to eat rats, mules to survive starvation and hide in caves to avoid Union artillery. The Union victory allows for control of the Mississippi River (phase 2 of Winfield Scott's Anaconda Plan).

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William T. Sherman engages in total war and complete destruction of the South to break their will to fight in his march from Atlanta to Savannah.

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The Siege of Petersburg lasts 292 days and results in a Union victory. It allows for the capture of the Confederate capital of Richmond. The Anaconda Plan is now complete.

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The 13th Amendment to the Constitution is ratified making slavery illegal throughout the U.S.

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Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia.

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Just five days following Lee's surrender, President Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in an attempt to avenge the South.